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Xamarin Configuration Sources (Android/iOS) for Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration

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Mar 21, 2025
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Install

dotnet add package Shiny.Extensions.Configuration --version 4.0.0-beta-0048
ProductVersions
.NET
net9.0-android35.0net9.0-ios18.0net9.0-maccatalyst18.0

README

Shiny v3 for .NET

Shiny is a cross platform framework designed to make working with device services and background processes easy, testable, and consistent while bringing things like dependency injection & logging in a structured way to your code!

Supports

  • Xamarin iOS
  • Xamarin Android
  • .NET 8 for Android
  • .NET 8 for iOS
  • .NET 8 for MacCatalyst

Features

  • Handles all of the cruft like Permissions, main thread traversal, persistent storage and app restarts
  • Brings your infrastructure to the background
  • Provides logging to ensure you know when your services fail in the background
  • Gives a clean & testable API surface for your code
  • Periodic Background Jobs
  • BLE Client & Hosting
  • Beacons Ranging & Monitoring
  • Locations - GPS & Geofencing
  • Push Notification - Native, Azure Notifications Hubs, Firebase, and more
  • Local Notifications - best of breed local notifications supporting almost all features across all of the supported platforms

Links

Visual Studio Templates

These templates will help get you up & running quickly. Simply select what features of Shiny you want to use and they will wire up everything from permissions to app configuration.

GitHub NuGet

dotnet new --install Shiny.Templates

Integrating With Existing Apps

If you cannot use our awesome templates - try our ugly, but effective boilerplate builder at: https://shinylib.net/client/appbuilder/

Support Shiny!

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Depending on your Sponsorship Tier, you may also get access to some great benefits on Sponsor Connect (https://sponsorconnect.dev) including:

  • The Sponsor Only Discord server
  • Training available ONLY to sponsors on Sponsor Connect
  • Special sponsor-only packages

https://sponsor.shinylib.net

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Premium Paid Support

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Contributors

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Podcasting

For more info on Shiny and other great .NET content, listen to Jon Dick (aka Redth) and Allan Ritchie (Author of Shiny) every week at:

Changes from Previous Version

v4.0.0-beta-0047v4.0.0-beta-0048
Added Frameworks
net9.0-android35.0net9.0-ios18.0net9.0-maccatalyst18.0

Adoption Assessment

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This version is marked prerelease. Validate its API and upgrade path before production use.Compatibility metadata lists 3 target frameworks; confirm the exact target used by your application.

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